WD drive not recognized on boot

I checked at distrowatch.com
Even the latest beta version, they are using 5.10.46 kernel.

I think if you want to try the bleeding edge kernel, you need something like
Fedora rawhide (5.15.0)
OpenSuse tumbleweed (5.14.2)
Manjaro 21.1.3 (5.13.15)
Ubuntu snapshot impish (5.13.0)

Yes, this is a good suggestion.

A higher kernel may help, but certainly is no guarantee. What may make the difference between OS's is not the kernel, but the installer. Zorin OS uses the Ubuntu Ubiquity Installer. MX uses its own installer.
As does Fedora.

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Ah, 3rd thing I've learnt today. I did not know that.

Fedora rawhide (5.15.0)
OpenSuse tumbleweed (5.14.2)
Ubuntu snapshot impish (5.13.0)

Actually when I looked at the names of those distro versions, they look a bit threatening.

Not that i am aware of. I have 3 different storage drives installed. From what i know (or think) raid only works with identical drives.

I used to run RAID 1 (mirroring) on my NAS and what I know is that I could mix HDDs with different capacities but the smaller disk would be the limiting factor.
That is 2GB+2GB gives the same capacity as 2GB+4GB.

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Holy molly guacamole, thats a lot of chat since I last was here. So, as I understand it, there is still no solution after all this time? Especially since one of the last comments refers to suggestion of a different distro?

Dear oh dear, how far we have fallen. Linux kernel, what are you doing to us! Ugg :frowning_face:

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Maybe this is significant. Was there a a kernel update between ezzy using Core and him installing Pro. What other reason if all was well in Core but not in Pro. Makes you think.

I could do it but I don't know how to do it, the uuid I don't know what it is, I think an identifying id, there will certainly be in the bios, but I wouldn't know how to create the support in "fstab", I don't know how to program, oh my if I have the exact instructions I can do it.

https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/5263343/How-to-Get-the-BIOS-UUID

UUID is Universally Unique IDentifier.

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I have read everything I have also downloaded the zip file but I do not know how to write or which shell to use, at least I know some cmd ms-dos line, for the rest nothing, I am hardware not software, you give me a software and I I test it on a system, but I'm not a programmer, I can learn, but ...

We are the same in this regard :smiley:

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ahahah! wonderful! :joy:

Or taking a photo with a mobile phone.
UUID is very looong to copy by hand.

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@FrenchPress Good idea. It avoids human error. At least in the capture phase. I now use my mobile to capture serial numbers, part numbers, meter readings, etc etc instead of writing them down.
(Do not reply to this post as I fear it will trigger a "deviation from subject" klaxon)

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